- Date
- April 20, 1979
- Place
- Casper, WY · CASPER, WY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8081CPiper PA-18A
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790420008719A
- Case key
- 136204
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1005 79/4/20 NR.CASPER,WY PIPER PA-18A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 1731 TIME - 1830 N8081C PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 458 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LARAMIE,WY BUFFALO,WY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS - ANIMAL(S) ON RUNWAY/TAXIWAY/RAMP PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- POWER LINES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8081C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8081CRegistered now · Piper PA-18A-135Airframe modelPiper PA-18A-135Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8081C · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC83LA061Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportW. Clam Gulch, AKThe acft stalled and crashed during an approach to land in a wilderness area. According to the plt he was preoccupied with landing near a wolverine he wanted to shoot. His approach was too high so he closed the throttle put down full flaps and started a turn.…NTSB ANC76DAH32Accident · No injuriesClosedCopper Center, AK